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Definition: Adenota

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. African antelopes: puku.[Wordnet].

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Date "Adenota" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1966. (references)

Common Expressions: Adenota

Expressions Definition
Adenota vardoni An African antelope closely related to the waterbuck. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Adenota African antelopes: puku. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Adenota

Adenota

Adenota is an alternative genus or sub-genus within the Reduncinae sub-family of family Bovidae, composed of the species Kobus kob (Kob) and Kobus vardonii (Puku).[1] It was described by Nowak in 1991.[2]

Notes and references

  1. DuVal, E. 2000. "Kobus kob" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed September 21, 2006 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Kobus_kob.html.
  2. Nowak, R. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World, fifth edition. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

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